Student Union - Kris Lyon

CorrespondenceKris, who is 16, has been taking pictures for seven years. His interest
in photography coincides with a photography club for 4-H that he suggested to
his mother, and which she started. He's largely self-taught, though he
has taken online courses and one of his teachers is currently helping him in
a "self-guided course," using two college texts--"one
on [photography] history and one technical," Kris says.

He has also been teaching photography. "I've done some workshops
for local kids and one statewide 4-H Leaders Forum."

Kris hopes to study photography in college. His plan at the moment is to become
a photojournalist and to combine his photography with writing. He appears to
be off to a good start, as his images certainly demonstrate a storyteller's
sensibility.

The photos here are something different, though. They are the result of a
trip last spring to Uruguay, where he visited family. "I made a little
book of the photos and posted it to blurb.com...it's not a photo essay,
but just a look at two towns, Montevideo and Colonia, and my family."